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Search our extensive curated collection of more than ten thousand poems by occasion (Autumn to Easter, Veterans Day to Valentine’s Day, etc.), theme (love, nature, sports, etc.), and form (sonnets, haiku, etc.), or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Title Author Year
Smoke Henry David Thoreau 1843
The Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe 1862
Wildflower Stanley Plumly 1983
Filling Station Elizabeth Bishop 1979
Middle School Dance Nicole Tallman 2025
Naqus Hamed Sinno 2026
Proof Cornelius Eady 2026
A Friendship Sophie Jewett 1910
For the Bird Singing Before Dawn Kim Stafford 2022
Apologia Pro Poemate Meo Wilfred Owen 2018
“The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour” Edgar Allan Poe 2018
Petals Amy Lowell 2018
juxtaposing the black boy & the bullet Danez Smith 2016
After Bombardment, Sonya Ilya Kaminsky 2011
A Song on the End of the World Czesław Miłosz 1944
The World George Herbert 1633
Self-Portrait Adam Zagajewski 1997
[I never knew what to name from my life and what to hide] Gabriel Antonio Reed 2026
Bright Bindings Countee Cullen 1929
Tableau Countee Cullen 1925

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